Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/244524 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2/2017
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
We examine heterogeneous productivity effects of hiring top workers on small and medium-sized enterprises, using longitudinal employer-employee data. We find the productivity effect to be stronger for firms with higher absorptive capacity in terms of having a well-educated workforce, being in a knowledge-intensive industry or performing R&D. Technological laggards within an industry benefit more strongly from hiring top workers if their workforce is more well-educated.
Subjects: 
recruitment
knowledge spillover
firm growth
productivity
SME
absorptive capacity
JEL: 
D22
D24
D83
J24
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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